Talk:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

French title
Did the French title contain the comma in it?No it didnt though why of topic broseph? It seems quite unusual to me; I found it in several sources via Google, but I also found some sources without the comma (and even few sources saying that it was Memoires De La Vie Privee de Benjamin Franklin). -- Sandius 12:18, 18 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi, Sandius. I'm not sure what that comma is supposed to signify. When I made changes to this article, I conformed (and expanded) the title based on the way it's listed on p. 361 of the "Norton Critical Edition" listed under the "Sources" section. That gives a section of "Key Editions of Franklin's Autobiography" that lists and explains the various early publications in French and English. I went by the title I found there. -MollyTheCat 11:29, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Unknown reason for edit
My sentence "He had intended this as a basis for a projected sect but, Franklin says, did not pursue the project" had someone insert a question mark in parentheses near the words "projected sect." I am not sure why this addition was made unless it was vandalism, but I have reverted to the previous form. Perhaps the person who added this question mark, if he/she had a reason for doing so, can explain here the concern he/she was trying to express? I think the statement I wrote was factually accurate with reference to Franklin's book unless I've misunderstood what he said. Thanks. -MollyTheCat 01:53, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Another edit re-edited
Someone has added the following sentence at the beginning of the "Publication history" section:


 * "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is on the hundred most banned books list published by the American Library Association for 'social reasons'...."

I don't know the source for this claim, but have no reason to doubt it. However, this is not the most appropriate place for the comment, and I am therefore moving it to put it in the final section under reactions to the book, which seems a more logical position. -MollyTheCat 04:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

francis moloan is a famous artist what about ben frank

Wondering whether you should consider adding an entry to the "Manuscripts and Editions to 1900" section. Specifically, Franklin, Benjamin. The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator. Middletown: Starr & Niles, 1823. This edition, which I have in hand, appears in the OCLC Worldcat catalog, and the catalog record says that this 1823 Starr & Niles edition appears in Paul Leicester Ford's Franklin Bibliography. Shulett (talk) 19:22, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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Cheshbon HaNefesh
In 1808, the "self-help program" part of the book was translated (adapted) to Hebrew and published anonymously as Cheshbon HaNefesh; it became an instant Mussar classic.

https://brill.com/view/journals/rrj/22/2/article-p228_5.xml

https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/docman/sinkoff/10-benjamin-franklin-in-jewish-eastern-europe/file

https://rabbisedley.blogspot.com/2008/12/ben-franklin-and-cheshbon-hanefesh.html

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-forgetting-of-benjamin-franklin/

https://ixtheo.de/Record/1683553683

https://dovbear.blogspot.com/2016/12/harav-ben-franklin.html

Actually, this is mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Lefin

Drsruli (talk) 18:20, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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